PORTSMOUTH — Pease Air National Guard Base hosted 13 aircraft and 75 personnel overnight last night, making a scheduled rotation after spending time in the Middle East.

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Davis, of Pease, could not say exactly where they were coming from due to security reasons, but said the aircraft landed in Portsmouth throughout the day on Sunday, starting in late morning and ending later in the afternoon.

According to a public statement, the following aircraft spent the night at Pease: six F-22 “Raptor” fighters, which use “stealth technology” and are the “most sophisticated fighter aircraft ever built,” one C-17 “Globemaster III” cargo aircraft, which carries maintenance equipment, parts and personnel, three KC-10 “Extender” air refueling aircraft and three KC-135 “Stratotanker” air refueling aircraft.

“They kind of fly like a package,” Davis said about the way the aircraft take off for deployment and then return home. “The fighters follow the tankers and make their way across the ocean using a series of refuelings.”